ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,305,095, issued on May 20, was assigned to 3M Innovative Properties Co. (St. Paul, Minn.).
"Adhesive articles and methods" was invented by Scott M. Tapio (Falcon Heights, Minn.), Patrick D. Hyde (Burnsville, Minn.), Jeffrey M. Imsande (Menomonie, Wis.), Terry R. Ray (Oakdale, Minn.) and Christopher R. Johnson (Eagan, Minn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pressure sensitive adhesive article that includes: a backing having two major surfaces, at least one of which has a pressure sensitive adhesive layer disposed thereon, the pressure sensitive adhesive layer having an average thickness of 25 microns to 50 microns and including: a styrene-...